Nicolas Alcala's Avatar

Nicolas Alcala

@nalcala

Scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer - WHO | Cancer genomics | Evolution of Cancer Ecosystems

59
Followers
80
Following
3
Posts
18.11.2024
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Nicolas Alcala @nalcala

Video thumbnail

Sam Hart describes and applies a method to distinguish differences in mutational processes between groups of cancers without signature decomposition (joint work with @kelleyharris.bsky.social and in collaboration with @nalcala.bsky.social )! #Genomics πŸ–₯️ 🧬

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

10.09.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.

Regular ask to send me successful job applications, grants, and fellowships to share with others! Thanks to @isabelott.bsky.social for sharing her GRFP (and congrats!). github.com/RILAB/statem...

09.04.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
5 relative abundance plots arranged to have increasing compositional variability (variability across relative abundance samples, here vertical bars)

5 relative abundance plots arranged to have increasing compositional variability (variability across relative abundance samples, here vertical bars)

1/ Hey y'all, I'm excited to share my latest paper, which is out now in PNAS! We introduce FAVA, a statistical framework to measure compositional variability across microbiome samples. If you want to measure variability across a stacked bar plot, FAVA is for you! Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

14.03.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
Post image Post image

Inspiring talk from @matthieufoll.bsky.social and Lynnette Fernandez-Cuesta about the future of #lung #neuroendocrine #tumor classification and clinical management, and how to use #AI to learn simple morphological features to recognize molecular subtypes #CRCL25

31.01.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

@lisemangiante.bsky.social from @stanfordpress.bsky.social : breast #cancer adopt specific ecological strategies to adapt to their microenvironment 🀯 #CRCL25

29.01.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Impressive talk by Lise Mangiante
on tissue ecology from ER+ breast cancer. #CRCL25
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

29.01.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

How do lung #neuroendocrine #tumors and their microenvironment coevolve ? Great talk by Alexandra Sexton Oates at #CRCL25 #LungNETs #lungcancer

29.01.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Great kick-off of the #CRCL25 symposium with a keynote lecture by Joan Massague, on metastasis initiation.
www.crclsymposium2025.fr/en/program/d...

29.01.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Complex rearrangements fuel ER+ and HER2+ breast tumours - Nature A study identifies three dominant genomic archetypes of breast cancer induced by discrete mutational processes, describing a continuum of genomic profiles and detailing the mechanisms underlying the p...

The Curtis Lab’s latest study on the genomic architecture of breast cancer from the pre-invasive to metastatic setting is now out in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

08.01.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
A flyer advertising a virtual event

A flyer advertising a virtual event

Members, check your inboxes for registration links for the upcoming Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, hosted by @joannamasel.bsky.social! December 5th at 9:00 AM PT.

03.12.2024 20:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1